Vote delayed to approve Common Core alternative

2:10 PM,
Mar. 8, 2014

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The State Board of Education will delay voting on new state math and English academic standards intended to replace Common Core State Standards in the wake of nearly 1,000 comments submitted about the draft.

The delay also comes as local and national educators, including a member of the state board, have criticized the draft standards as being less rigorous than past Indiana academic guidelines, too vague and developed far too hastily.

Friday the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Hoosiers Against Common Core released reports critical of the draft. The Chamber's report recommended nearly ...